Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Centuryby Conn, Steven

An aversion to urban density and a perception that the city was the place where "big government" first took root in America fostered what Steven Conn calls the "anti-urban impulse." In this provocative and sweeping book, he traces this impulse across the 20th century, examining how the ideas born of it have shaped the places in which Americans live and work, as well as the anti-government politics that are so strong today.